Isla Escondido - invincible569's Rimless 300g

[RokleM]

Mine didn't take to the cyclopeeze first, but it was the second food they started to devour once it hit the water. A good suggestion.

 

[jnarowe]

try soaking in a litle bit of Garlic Guard. I know that sounds counter-intuitive, but the smell seems to attract finicky fish.

 

[bag151]

Where are you getting your live brine at in town? Also have you been gut loading the brine? This way your Male will receive more nutrition despite his finicky eating habit.

-Brett

 

[Detritivore]

hi Edward,

could you describe how you connected your aquaclear powerhead to your jetstream 2? i have a jetstream 1 and i'm thinking about trying out a MJ1200 to feed it, but i'm not sure on how to reduce the output down to the small tubing size.

 

[invincible569]

Brett, every LFS should sell live brine. You have to ask for it and sell by the ounce.

detrivore, I took my pump to a Lowe's or Home Depot and went to the plumbing section. I then found hoses that would fit the output of the pump. Then, I found a slip on converter from that hose to a 1/4 line. Very easy. I have done this with the MJ1200 on my RO system and works just fine.

 

[jnarowe]

seems like that would be too much flow for the membrane, but what a cool idea. I am on my second boster pump and they are not cheap!

 

[bulfraw215]

Nice score on the anthias.
My trio lived for about 4mths then for no reason stopped eating. I also kept my water temp at 78. Good luck !!!!T hey are by far my favorite anthias
A little cooler may be the key. Just a thought

 

[invincible569]

jnarowe, I actually meant the made RO for the autotopoff. Not to push to the membrade. It's the pump image on this page:

http://www.islaescondido.com/hardware/

bulfraw, thank you. You are probably right. Could be a strict cold water specimen.

 

[jnarowe]

oh...my bad.

 

[melev]

Edward, right? I really like the look of your site. It is very clean, and makes the visit enjoyable. I need to spend more time surfing through it at some point.

Are you incorporating some Flash in it?

 

[invincible569]

Melev, no flash. Just making it as simple as possible.

I added a shallow sand bed to my tank again. It feels like a whole new tank again. Love the look.

My corals are a bit more dark now since I have been feeding heavily to my corals and adding amino acids. I had a problem with my corals getting to light. Everything is starting to grow very well again and show great signs of positive health. Only a couple of corals were affected such as monti's and 2 small stags.

 

[Dudester]

Bravo, Edward! I think it looks so much better now with the SSB, and I'm glad you're corals are achieving better coloration. Are you planning on siphoning the sand to maintain that crisp white look?

 

[GSMguy]

looks great, your a master reefkeeper sand or no sand...

IS that birdsnest new, or is that growth all from being in your tank?

 

[rishma]

I saw those anthias at the Georgia aquarium a couple of months ago for the first time. I fell in love, took a bunch of pictures. Totally beautiful. I know have tank envy and fish envy.

Nicely done. congrats.

 

[Kigs]

WOW tank is looking great! I think those anthias trio were a good addition to your tank.

 

[tbone28]

I love your tank with a SSB!

 

[melev]

Mmmmmm. Sand. :inlove:

 

[nUgZ]

I think it looks much better with sand. Beautiful as always.

 

[clownnrnd]

looks like the tunzes' are giving some real nice water movement judging from the waterline

Chad

 

[invincible569]

Dudester, looks like I went too low nutrient. I even noticed a crazy breakout of coralline algae. For many months, I wasnt getting any coralline algae, but corals still grew ok and coloration was intense. Then a couple of corals started getting light. Fed them, AA's, and removed carbon and now they are very healthy. I do plan on siphoning the sand as part of my maintenance. I bought the thicker sand so this would be easy and not cause sandstorms.

GSM, I have had that one for a while. It has been growing very well.

rishma, we both do! I cant get enough of it either.

Kigs, thank you very much!

Terry, I felt this was a good choice as well. How's your tank doing?

Marc, sand was the final touch.

nugz, thank you! I agree.

Chad, it's even more crazy now. I added back the 6101 I was going to sell. The water line looks scary. I love it and it makes me nervous feeling water may splash out. How's your tank?